Showing posts with label Dairy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Dairy. Show all posts

Friday, February 2, 2024

DR. SHAWN BAKER: Dairy is a highly absorbable, digestible protein worldwide. Whereas dairy consumption is up, milk drinking is down


Shawn references these farmers off the bat. 

Scandinavian countries are the largest consumers of dairy, and the average life expectancy there is 81.79 in 2019.  So not bad, not bad at all.  The purpose of dairy is growth.


Scandinavian countries are the largest consumers of dairy, and the average life expectancy there is 81.79 in 2019.  So not bad, not bad at all.  

The purpose of dairy is growth.  The protein and macronutrients of dairy is one reason why it is so good for promoting growth. 


Dairy is a highly absorbable, digestible protein worldwide.  There's no doubt about that.  Even lactose-intolerant folks are still able to obtain lactose-free dairy products.  

Dairy is not very satiating, particularly drinking calories, so people tend to overconsume and that is one factor of weight gain with dairy.  Drinking calories to lose weight is a poor choice.  

Dairy consumption has gone up, but milk consumption has gone down.  "American Dairy Consumption Reaches an All-Time High: Cheese, Butter, and Yogurt Continue to Drive Growth for Dairy Industry," September 16, 2020. 

Plant milk products when you compare them nutritionally, they're not even close.  "They're complete garbage in my view, but some people like them."

If people have issues with dairy, it's plain old milk, which can cause bloating and digestive issues, and some people develop rashes.

Raw dairy is illegal in many places in the United States, I'm not sure where